throw off
[verb]
Synonyms: rid, clear, lose, shake (off), unburden, shake, slip, emit, give off, give out, issue, release, vent, confuse, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, distract, dizzy, fluster, mix up, throw out

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Related Words: disgorge, eject, exhaust, expel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

throw somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb (see also throw)

1. to take off a piece of clothing in a quick careless way:
They threw off their clothes and dived in.

2. to get free from something that has been limiting your freedom:
In 1845, they finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.

3. if you throw off an illness, you get better from it:
It’s taken me ages to throw off this cold.

4. to escape from someone or something that is chasing you:
We ran flat out for about half a mile before we could throw them off.

5. to produce large amounts of heat or light:
The engine was throwing off so much heat that the air above it shimmered with haze.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

throw off
throw off (something)
to quickly remove something.
The boys threw off their clothes and jumped into the lake.

Dad threw the cover off and there was a beautiful new bike — just for me!

Opposite of: throw on (something)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

throw off something
throw off (something)
to quickly remove something.
The boys threw off their clothes and jumped into the lake.

Dad threw the cover off and there was a beautiful new bike — just for me!

Opposite of: throw on (something)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

throw off
to mislead/confuse/fool someone
The criminals threw off the police and ran into the subway.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

throw off
v.
1. To get free from.
He was healthy enough to throw off his cold easily.
Compare: RID OF.
2. To mislead; confuse; fool.
They went by a different route to throw the hostile bandits off their track.
3. To produce easily or as if without effort.
She could throw off a dozen poems in a night.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲